Neato (spider)

Neato
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Chelicerata
Class:	Arachnida
Order:	Araneae
Infraorder:	Araneomorphae
Family:	Trachycosmidae
Genus:	Neato ; Platnick, 2002
Type species
	N. walli ; Platnick, 2002
Species
	7, see text

Last updated November 12, 2025

Neato is a genus of Australian araneomorph spiders in the family Trachycosmidae, and was first described by Norman I. Platnick in 2002.^[2]

Species

As of May 2019^[update] it contains seven species:^[1]

Neato arid Platnick, 2002 – Australia (Western Australia)
Neato barrine Platnick, 2002 – Australia (Queensland)
Neato beerwah Platnick, 2002 – Australia (Queensland, New South Wales)
Neato kioloa Platnick, 2002 – Australia (New South Wales, Victoria)
Neato palms Platnick, 2002 – Australia (New South Wales)
Neato raveni Platnick, 2002 – Australia (Queensland)
Neato walli Platnick, 2002 (type) – Australia (Queensland, New South Wales, Victoria)

References

1 2 "Gen. Neato Platnick, 2002". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2019. doi:10.24436/2 . Retrieved 2019-06-04.
↑ Platnick, N. I. (2002). "A revision of the Australasian ground spiders of the families Ammoxenidae, Cithaeronidae, Gallieniellidae, and Trochanteriidae (Araneae: Gnaphosoidea)". Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History. 271: 1–243. doi:10.1206/0003-0090(2002)271<0001:AROTAG>2.0.CO;2.

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[NMBE-1] 1 2 "Gen. Neato Platnick, 2002". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2019. doi:10.24436/2 . Retrieved 2019-06-04.

[Plat2002-2] Platnick, N. I. (2002). "A revision of the Australasian ground spiders of the families Ammoxenidae, Cithaeronidae, Gallieniellidae, and Trochanteriidae (Araneae: Gnaphosoidea)". Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History. 271: 1–243. doi:10.1206/0003-0090(2002)271<0001:AROTAG>2.0.CO;2.

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